This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a number of changes to the staff within her executive office.
Acting Chief Legal Counsel:
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- Alexis Blane has been promoted into this role.
- She joined the executive office in 2022 as special counsel.
- Prior to serving in the governor’s office, she was the principal deputy counsel and acting counsel to the Mayor of New York City from 2018-2021.
- Blane attended New York University Law School and holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Senior Advisor:
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- Shaquila Myers rejoined the governor’s leadership team as a senior advisor.
- Previously, she led former Speaker Joe Tate’s office as chief of staff.
- Her previous role in the executive office was senior advisor to the governor and chief of staff to Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist.
- Prior to her time in the executive office, she was legislative director for Senate Democratic Leader Jim Ananich and a policy analyst for the Michigan Senate.
- Myers received a Master of Public Administration and her undergraduate degree from Oakland University.
Director of Agency Relations:
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- Tiffany Brown rejoined the executive office as director of agency relations.
- Previously, she served as the director of communications and community engagement for the federal Department of Justice in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan.
- Prior to that, she held positions as senior advisor at the Michigan Infrastructure Office and communications director for Governor Whitmer.
- Brown is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Flint and Michigan State University.
Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the State House:
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- Rob Mass joined the executive office after working as legislative director for the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential and legislative liaison for the Department of Treasury.
- He’s also held the role of legislative director for multiple members of the Michigan House of Representatives.
- Mass graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a degree in political science and economics.
